James Dean's was killed in his Porsche 550 racer "Little Bastard" September 30 1955 near Cholame, CA. The wrecked car toured schools in the late 1950s as a driver's ed warning, then disappeared. Does it still exist?

Movie star Gail Russell crashed her '57 Chevy convertible right into Jan's Restaurant on Hollywood Blvd in July 1957 in an alcohol-related accident. She would lose her battle with the bottle four years later, only 36 years old.

Stefan Erikssen might not have been a celebrity before he crashed his Enzo on Pacific Highway in Malibu Feb 21, 2006 at 150 mph, but he sure was afterwards. Not to mention "Dietrich", who ran away after the crash.

Jayne Mansfield was killed in a car crash in Louisiana June 29 1967, when this Buick Electra ran into the back of a mosquito fogging truck. Also dead in the front seat were her boyfriend Sam Brody and driver Ronnie Harrison. Amazingly, her three children in the back seat were unhurt.

General George Patton died after a car crash in Germany on December 9, 1945, one day before he was to return to the United States. Patton was riding in this 1939 Cadillac with his chief of staff, Major General Hobart R. Gay when a truck attempted a left-hand in front of him. Photo from car-accidents.com

Princess Diana died August 31 1997 in this Mercedes 500 in a Paris underpass, along with her boyfriend Dodi Al Fayed. Alcohol was a factor in the crash, as her car attempted to elude paparazzi, but conspiracy theories swirled around the case for years. The car is now rumored to be coming up for sale - a gruesome relic.

On July 18 1969, Senator Edward M. Kennedy drove his 1967 Oldsmobile off Dike's Bridge on Chappaquiddick Island, after a dinner party and a day at the Edgartown Regatta. He escaped the car as it sank. His passenger, Mary Jo Kopechne, did not.

Singer Billy Joel was involved in his third car accident in two years on April 26, 2004, when he crashed into a house on a wet road on Long Island. No one was seriously injured and there was no evidence that alcohol or drugs were involved. Photo by Thomas C. Phillis JR

Comedian Eddie Griffin crashed a $1.5 million Ferrari Enzo March 27 2007, while practicing for a charity race to promote his new movie, "Redline". Griffin, 38, was not injured when he ran into a concrete barrier at California's Irwindale Speedway, but the car was described as totalled. Rumors afterwards suggested the crash was a stunt to promote the film./p>

Eddie Cochrane ("Summertime Blues") was an early US rocker, a contemporary of Elvis, who died in a bizarre taxi crash while on tour in Britain on April 17, 1960. Cochrane was riding to London with fellow rocker Gene Vincent and his girlfriend Sharon when the taxi they were in skidded off the road into a lampost. He died of head injuries 16 hours later. Had he returned to the US when he planned, he would have been on tour with Buddy Holly at Clear Lake, WI. Photo from eddie-cochran.com